Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Input device having an operation knob
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Application No.: US15730809Application Date: 2017-10-12
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Publication No.: US10252642B2Publication Date: 2019-04-09
- Inventor: Yoshiteru Takayanagi
- Applicant: ALPS ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: ALPS ALPINE CO., LTD.
- Current Assignee: ALPS ALPINE CO., LTD.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP
- Main IPC: H01H15/00
- IPC: H01H15/00 ; B60N2/02 ; H01H19/00 ; H01H19/04 ; H01H19/14 ; H01H25/00

Abstract:
An input device has operation shafts whose tips project through a first elongate hole and a second elongate hole formed through an upper plate portion of a case main body and that are movable along the upper plate portion of the case main body. An operation knob is movably attached to the tips of the operation shafts. The case main body is provided with elastic support pieces that deform following the movement of the operation knob and elastically support the operation knob.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180105068A1 INPUT DEVICE HAVING AN OPERATION KNOB Public/Granted day:2018-04-19
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